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FRANK o. WATKINS, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITED STATES KROTOPHONE COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,423, dated January 4, 1887.

I Application filed April 2], 1886. Serial No. 199,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may cncern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK O. \VATKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Terminals for Electric Conductors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, of the invention, such as will enable others I0 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

1 My invention has relation to connections for flexible electrical conductors, and the object is to provide a simple, convenient, cheap, and reliable electrical cord terminal; and to this end the novelty consists in the construction and combination of the parts of the same, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the in- 2 5 vention.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the terminal connection as it appears when-first punched from a metal sheet. Fig. 2 shows it in position to receive the Wire or other conductor, and Fig. 3'shows the terminal as it appears when in use.

A is a sheet-metal strip, punched out, as' shown, and it is bent through its center,-as Shown in Fig. 2. The end of the conductor is then placed in the inside angle of the bend, and when the screw B is inserted in the ends and screwed down the conductor is firmly clamped in the bend, and the terminal at the same time secured in place. The conductor may be readily removed and replaced. o 

